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13 de nov. de 2021 · The winning design for a statue of RSPB founder Emily Williamson has been revealed. The campaigner set up the organisation - now the UK's largest nature conservation charity - in 1889.
5 de sept. de 2021 · Emily Williamson was born at Highfield in Lancaster on 17th April 1855. In 1889, she became horrified by the mass slaughter of birds to provide feathers for fashionable ladies’ hats. Millions of birds died each year, sometimes having their wings cut off while they were alive. To stop this cruelty she formed the Society for the Protection of ...
15 de nov. de 2021 · Born Emily Bateson in Lancaster in 1855, she married Robert Wood Williamson, a solicitor who was also the son of the curator of the Manchester Natural History Museum. The couple created a beautiful green space at their Didsbury home which is now Fletcher Moss Park and, as in Emily’s lifetime, is a vital haven for birds and wildlife.
The campaigners drawing on Emily's legacy. From 'hedgehog highways' to #NetsDownForNature, 20 Emily fans share their stories, tactics and motivation in this campaigning toolkit. Our thanks to Charlie Moores of Off The Leash, and Laura Turner & Tina M Lindsay of the brilliant Wildlife Garden Project, for compiling.
Emily Williamson's story faded from the history of conservation. We think this inspirational woman, founder of the UK’s largest conservation charity, deserves to be remembered. That's why we’re launching a competition for a statue to honour her legacy, to be erected near her home in Manchester. Find out more here.
To mark the centenary of the Plumage Act, and in support of efforts by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and others to recognise the achievements of Emily Williamson, one of the founders of what was then the Society for the Protection of Birds, the British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) is conferring posthumous membership (MBOU) upon Emily, who was refused membership in the ...
12 de oct. de 2021 · The Emily Williamson Festival will host 24 speakers including British Ornithologists' Union President Juliet Vickery, Springwatch presenter Megan McCubbin and Emily Williamson's descendent, ...
